Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Llama 2-7B

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

30.7

Rank #275 Confirmed

Llama 2-7B Meta

28.6

Rank #315 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads 19.6 to 15.1.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Llama 2-7B specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-7B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index30.728.6
Released—2023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked1929

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.0 (#279), Llama 2-7B: 28.7 (#302)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-7B
LMArena Coding10841002
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Reasoning Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 19.6 (#235), Llama 2-7B: 15.1 (#309)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts10711009
Chess Puzzles—0%
BIG-Bench Hard—39.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—98.54
HellaSwag—77.2%
LAMBADA—73.3%
PIQA—78.8%
WinoGrande—69.2%

Math Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 29.5 (#217), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#231)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-7B
LMArena Math11071042
GSM8K—16.7%

Knowledge Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 27.8 (#242), Llama 2-7B: 27.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-7B
LMArena Expert10391036
ARC (AI2) Challenge—45.9%
BoolQ—77.9%
MMLU—45.8%
OpenBookQA—58.6%
TriviaQA—73.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Llama 2-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-7B
ScienceQA—43.1%

Multilingual Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#268), Llama 2-7B: 23.9 (#288)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-7B
LMArena Non-English1052973
LMArena Chinese1060973
LMArena French1064969
LMArena German1054978
LMArena Russian1046995
LMArena Spanish10491007
LMArena Japanese971—
LMArena Korean988—

Instruction Following Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.3 (#278), Llama 2-7B: 51.0 (#293)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-7B
LMArena Instruction Following10571006

Long Context Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#267), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#282)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-7B
LMArena Longer Query1056999

Writing & Preference Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.6 (#283), Llama 2-7B: 28.1 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITLlama 2-7B
LMArena Text10941053
LMArena Creative Writing10591033
LMArena Multi-Turn10401029

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Llama 2-7B?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.0 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Llama 2-7B share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.

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